unisex name

Sola

  • Gender Unisex
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 386

Sola is a unisex name with 2 syllables. It is given to both girls and boys — about 87% of recorded births with this name are girls. In 2025 it was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2022, when 24 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 195,046 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1924.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Sola over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'20 '70 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Sola by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 5
1970s 10
2000s 52
2010s 87
2020s (to 2025) 118

How popular is Sola?

In 2025, Sola was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Sola is used

Canada #3,074 6 in 2022
England & Wales #5,141 4 in 2021
France #6,163 5 in 2025
United States #6,647 17 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Sola

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Sola also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Sola over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Sola

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Sola — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Sola

How popular is the name Sola?

In 2025, Sola was given to 17 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Sola a girl's or a boy's name?

Sola is used for both girls and boys. About 87% of recorded births with this name are girls.

How many syllables are in Sola?

Sola has 2 syllables.

When was Sola most popular?

Sola peaked in 2022, when 24 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Sola a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Sola currently ranks #6,163 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.